Class 4
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Class 4 visit Yardley Arts
Class 4 recently had the opportunity to spend some time at Yardley Arts. We spent a whole afternoon sketching and drawing still life. We were encouraged to think about different ways of making marks on the paper and to consider the negative space around the object. This approach was new to many of us! We had a wonderful time and many of us particularly enjoyed working at real easels. We felt like proper artists! We would like to thank all those at Yardley Arts for making our trip so educational and enjoyable.
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Our Parliamentary Debate
We had a very exciting session in class 4. We have been learning all about our parliamentary system this term and last week we had the opportunity to take part in our own mock parliamentary debate. We separated into political parties and took opposing sides of the House (our classroom). We chose our own Speaker and made sure to use the appropriate terms during our debate. We learned that, in parliament, MPs do not refer to each other by name but by a variety of formal titles. This is intended to keep things polite during the debate and stop things getting too rowdy! In addition, we learned that parliamentarians do not address each other directly in debates; instead they refer to members of their own party as ‘my Honourable friend’ and members of other parties as ‘the Honourable Member’ or ‘the Honourable Lady or Gentleman’. We tried hard to use this formal language in our own debate – some of us found it harder than others to say in character! We honed our debating skills, discussing Bills we had ourselves created. These included ‘The Bouncy Homes Bill’, ‘The Plastic Bill’ and The School Parking Bill’.
The response from the children was very positive. A year 6 girl said, “It was really exciting because it was fun to debate the topics – I liked debating the Bouncy Homes Bill because some people had really funny ideas about why it wouldn’t work.” While a year 6 boy commented, “I really enjoyed it because the realism felt very satisfying – I felt like I was really in a political debate. I enjoyed getting stuck in!”
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Class 4 Updates
- Author Visit
- Zumba Assembly
- Viking Day!
- Welcome Back!
- Our Spectacular School Play
- Cricket Tournament at Wollaston Cricket Club
- Move Up Morning 2019
- Class 4's Cafe
- The Big Bang 2019
- Magistrates Morning
- Art Day!
- Hinduism and Buddhism Workshops
- Flotsam!
- Class 4 Visit Station X
- Class 4 visit Yardley Arts
- Our Parliamentary Debate
- Federation Day
- National Refugee Week
- Worry Dolls
- Cadbury World
- The Big Bang!
- Young Voices - Our Big Day!
- Young Voices
- Pok-Ta-Pok
- Art Exhibition and Lantern Making
- Tuesday!
- Teacher of the Week
- We Love Drama!
- London Adventure!
- Teamwork!
- Move Up Morning
- Words of Wisdom
- Running Wild
- We Visit Nissan and Magistrates Visit Us!
- Class 4 Curriculum Overview and Weekly Tasks
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